# उत्थान
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्थान (utthāna).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʊt̪.t̪ʰɑːn/, [ʊt̪̚.t̪ʰä̃ːn]

### Noun

उत्थान • (utthān) m (Urdu spelling اُتّھان)
* rise, surge, advance
    Synonyms: वृद्धि (vŕddhi), बढ़ना (baṛhnā), बाढ़ (bāṛh)
* awakening, reinvigoration (as of a people)
    Synonyms: जागरण (jāgraṇ), जागना (jāgnā)
* (Hinduism) the awakening of Vishnu (on the eleventh day of the bright half of Kartika month)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “उत्थान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उत्थान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उत्थान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* উত্থান (Assamese script)
* ᬉᬢ᭄ᬣᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
* উত্থান (Bengali script)
* 𑰄𑰝𑰿𑰞𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဥတ္ထာန (Burmese script)
* ઉત્થાન (Gujarati script)
* ਉਤ੍ਥਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦈꦠ꧀ꦡꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂇𑂞𑂹𑂟𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಉತ್ಥಾನ (Kannada script)
* ឧត្ថាន (Khmer script)
* ອຸຕ຺ຖານ (Lao script)
* ഉത്ഥാന (Malayalam script)
* ᡠᢠᡨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘄𑘝𑘿𑘞𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠤᢐᠲᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦤𑦽𑧠𑦾𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐄𑐟𑑂𑐠𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଉତ୍ଥାନ (Odia script)
* ꢆꢡ꣄ꢢꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆇𑆠𑇀𑆡𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖄𑖝𑖿𑖞𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
* උත්‍ථාන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩬𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚄𑚙𑚶𑚚𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
* உத்த²ாந (Tamil script)
* ఉత్థాన (Telugu script)
* อุตฺถาน (Thai script)
* ཨུ་ཏྠཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒅𑒞𑓂𑒟𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨚𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

A later Vedic corruption of *उत्स्थान (utsthāna), from उद्- (ud-, “above, upwards”) +‎ स्थान (sthāna, “the act of standing; place”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ut.tʰɑ́ː.nɐ/, [ut̚.tʰɑ́ː.nɐ]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ut̪ˈt̪ʰɑː.n̪ɐ/, [ut̪̚ˈt̪ʰɑː.n̪ɐ]

### Adjective

उत्थान • (utthā́na) stem
* causing to arise or originate

#### Declension
### Noun

उत्थान • (utthā́na) stem, n
* the act of standing up or rising
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.20:शूर्पणख्याश् च संवादं विरूपकरणं तथा । वधं खरत्रिशिरसोर् उत्थानं रावणस्य च ॥śūrpaṇakhyāś ca saṃvādaṃ virūpakaraṇaṃ tathā. vadhaṃ kharatriśirasor utthānaṃ rāvaṇasya ca.The conversation with Śūrpaṇakhā and her deformation, the killing of Khara and Triśiras and the rise of Rāvaṇa.
* resurrection
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पुनरुज्जीवन
* coming forth, appearing
* tumult, sedition
* effort, exertion
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:श्रम
* origin, rise
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:उत्पत्ति
* a shed where sacrifices are offered
* happiness, joy, pleasure
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुख
* a courtyard
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अङ्गन
* war, battle
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:युद्ध

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀉𑀲𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀦 (usṭāna, Girnar), 𑀉𑀞𑀸𑀦 (uṭhāna /⁠uṭṭhāna⁠/, Kalsi, Dhauli, Jaugada), 𐨀𐨂𐨛𐨣 (uṭhana /⁠uṭṭhana⁠/, Mansehra)
** Prakrit: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡 (uṭṭhāṇa)
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Nepali: उठान (uṭhān)
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Odia: ଉଠାଣ (uṭhāṇa), ଉଠାଣି (uṭhāṇi)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: उठाणू (uṭhāṇū)
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: ਉਠਾਨ (uṭhān)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
***** Hindustani: uṭhān
    Hindi: उठान
    Urdu: اُٹھان (uṭhān)
* Pali: uṭṭhāna
* Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨀𐨂𐨠𐨣 (uthana /⁠utthana⁠/, Shahbazgarhi)
** Prakrit: 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸𑀡 (utthāṇa)
*** Assamese: উথাম (utham)
*** Bengali: উতান (utan)
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: اُٿاڻِي
    Devanagari script: उथाणी
* Assamese: উত্থান (utthan)
* Bengali: উত্থান (utthan)
* Gujarati: ઉત્થાન (utthān)
* Hindustani: (or via Prakrit)
    Hindi: उत्थान (utthān)
    Urdu: اُتّھان (utthān)
* Kannada: ಉತ್ಥಾನ (utthāna)
* Maithili:
    Devanagari script: उत्थान (utthān)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒅𑒞𑓂𑒟𑒰𑒢 (utthāna)
* Malayalam: ഉത്ഥാനം (utthānaṁ)
* Odia: ଉତ୍ଥାନ (utthāna)
* Sinhalese: උත්ථානය (utthānaya)
* Tamil: உத்தானம் (uttāṉam)
* Telugu: ఉత్థానము (utthānamu)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “उत्थान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 179, column 3.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “उत्थान”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “utthāˊna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press